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Kapteyn Astronomical Institute         
ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
Kapteyn Observatory; Kapteyn Institute
The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute is the department of astronomy of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Parallactic instrument of Kapteyn         
  • The distribution of the glass plate photos over the sky. The plates overlap at the edges.
  • A drawing of the instrument of Kapteyn.
  • A photo of the instrument of Kapteyn and its accompanying glass plate holder.
The parallactic instrument of Kapteyn is a measuring instrument created by the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn around 1886. Using this instrument, Kapteyn analyzed over 1,700 glass plate photos of stars seen from the southern hemisphere.
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope         
  • Observation through the telescope, 1985.
TELESCOPE IN THE CANARY ISLANDS
Kapteyn telescope
The Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope or JKT is a 1-metre optical telescope named for the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn (1851-1922) of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.